Langton House Hotel

Situated in the Centre of Kilkenny City, offering panoramic views over this magnificent city, with direct access to local shops & and amenities. Langton House Hotel is the ideal location for leisure breaks, weddings, dining out & conferencing.

Rooms

Designed and finished to a contempory style with your comfort in mind, each of our rooms & suites are air conditioned, large and full of natural daylight. The warm and vibrant design of the bedrooms allows guests to instantly relax and unwind.

All guest rooms include the following facilities with our compliments:

High Speed Wifi and Internet access

Sleek Plasma Screen TV

Marble Bathrooms with invigorating Toiletries

Specially Commissioned "Elegance Mattress" with Crisp white linen

Individually controlled air conditioning

Electronic Laptop safe

A refreshment tray with Tea/Coffee

Mini Bars

Daily Newspaper

Weddings

Catering for just one wedding a day our Ballroom Banqueting Suite is a magnificent & Beautiful room that will grace any occasion. Our dedicated banqueting team will ensure that your wedding day or special event is memorable and magical day for guests and family for many years to come. Here at Langton House Hotel we assure you of the ultimate in personal attention, service and value for money.

Bars

Located within Langton House Hotel, Langtons main Bar “The Edward Langton Bar” and “The 67 Bar” is a popular location with locals and tourists alike offering Lunch and Dinner services throughout the day. By night the 67 Bar is one of Kilkenny's most popular entertainment venues, offering live music and a wide variety of drinks from cocktails to Irelands most famous stout “Guinness”. Looking for some craic or hoping to spot one of Kilkenny’s Celebrity Hurlers ? This is the place for you.

Dining

The four times award winning Langton Room Restaurant features cuisine from our internationally trained chef’s in the lavish surroundings enabling to relax and enjoy our delightful A La Carte Menu accompanied by a glass of wine from our extensive choice of Fine Wines. The Langton Room Restaurant is open daily for Lunch & Dinner

Live Music & Entertainment

Quotes & Facts

The last witch in Ireland, reputedly Dame Alice Kyteler, was born in Kilkenny in 1280. Widowed four times, she was accused of poisoning all of her husbands. Although her former home was burned down, you can now dine at Kyteler’s Inn on the site of the house

In 1650 invading Cromwellian forces mounted an attack on Kilkenny castle and although it was initially successfully defended they eventually managed to take control of the city by another route.Kilkenny Castle was founded in Medieval times, but its most significant moments have been played out during more recent history. The castle was featured in Oliver Cromwell's re-conquest of Ireland in 1650; and was besieged during the Irish Civil War in 1922.

Collectively, Kilkenny people are known as 'The Cats', most specifically in the arena of hurling

The annals tell of a terrible massacre which took place in Dunmore Caves, with 1000 people killed by attacking Vikings in 928AD. Over the years there have been numerous finds of human bones, which together with finding of the Viking artifacts, seem to bear out that terrible tale.

The gravestone of Daniel O’Connell in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin is made from Kilkenny black marble, and the stone was also used in the construction of Cobh Cathedral in Cork